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Bank of England's Mobile App
The Bank of England has launched a free application for iOS and Android mobile devices to help the general public, retail staff, and police officers authenticate British pound banknotes in circulation. The app describes the design and security features of all note denoms, note images against light and in UV. Besides, users will be advized on how to handle a suspicious... Read more
"Banknotes of the World" 2014 #3 Issued
The March 2014 issue of "Banknotes of the World" covered several important and hot topics. Firstly, it's the 95th jubilee of the Forensic Center at the Russian Interior Ministry. Today's Sherlock Holmeses perform a lot of miscellaneous expert work including on counterfeit banknotes and securities, operative research. We congratulate RIM FC on their jubilee, talk about basic historical stages of the service and address I.G. Zakharova, Head of the Document, Banknote and Securities Research... Read more
Commemorative Coin for 200th Anniversary of Norwegian Constitution
16 Feb. 2014, the Bank of Norway issued a commemorative circulatory coin worth 20 kroner on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution celebrated in Norway on 17 May this year. The coin obverse features Harald V, the ruling king of Norway. His portrait has engraved text "HARALD V NORGES KONGE" around and the designer initials "IAR" (Ingrid Austlid Rise) to the left. The lower part features the issue year "2014" and the mint sign between digits "0" and "1". The reverse... Read more
5,000-Ruble Note Becomes Most Counterfeited
By 2013 CBR stats, Russia seized 71,433 counterfeit Russian notes/coins - down 19% year-on-year (against 88,029 fakes in 2012). Their biggest share was the highest, 5,000 denom with 35,565 fakes (against 32,882 year-on-year). The previous years leader - the 1,000 note – became less forged: 27,693 seized imitations against 52,969 yer-on-year. Law enforcers are concerned that most 1,000- and 5,000-ruble fakes were categorized as insecure. CBR includes there counterfeit notes with over 3... Read more
New Vatican Euro Coin Series
Vatican City State is planning to issue a new circulatory euro coin series this year, featuring Pope Francis on the obverse. There're currently already 3 coin series in circulation: in 2002-2005 Vatican had 1st series coins minted with a potrait of Pope John Paul II, in 2005 2nd series coins featured the emblem of the Camerlengo, a temporary Vatican State head, on the Apostolic Camera emblem, then the 3rd series coin has been issued since 2006 with a portrait of His Holiness Pope Benedict... Read more
"Banknotes of the World" 2014 #2 Issued
It's important for any professional cash handler to accurately take their berings among many latest trends, innovations, research and financial forecasts. Such info has been provided for the last 13 years by the "Banknotes of the World" journal enabling you to stay tuned for all top cash circulation developments. The cover story of the February 2014 "BoW" issue, which is counterfeit deterrence especially hot in the past half year, was chosen deliberately - all forensic experts and CBR... Read more
Bank of England Eliminating 50 Pound Notes of E Series
The Bank of England has announced that as of 30 Apr. 2014 £50 notes of 1994 (E Series) with a portrait of J. Houblon, the first Bank head (1694-1697) on its back will cease being legal tender and be eliminated. For a few months after that date, most UK credit institutions will be accepting these notes to credit their denom funds to citizens' deposit accounts. Specifically, the old notes will be accepted at Barclays, NatWest, RBS, Ulster Bank, and Post Office till 30 Oct. 2014. The... Read more
ECB Stats for Counterfeits Detected in H2 2013
The ECB has released data on counterfeit euros detected in H2 2013. Its report published on 13 Jan. indicates that among all banonotes in circulation the counterfeit share was still small. During that period, EU law enforcers detected 353,000 fake notes against about 15b genuine notes in circulation. The most counterfeited notes were still €20 and €50 with 43 and 35% among all fakes respectively. The €100 accounted for 12.9%, the €10 – 6,3%, and the other €5,... Read more
"Banknotes of the World" 2014 #1 Issued
Contents: Conferences & Exhibits • We keep on writing on the most interesting delegate speeches at the 5th International PLUS Forum (21-22 Oct. 2013, Moscow) where world currency industry professionals and experts presented a lot of important and hot reports on key cash circulation trends in Russia and worldwide. • 21–22 Nov. 2013, Moscow's President Hotel hosted the VI International Conference "Cash Circulation: Models. Standards. Trends" organized by the... Read more
ECB Presents Design of New Europa Series Note
13 Jan. 2014, Yves Mersch of the ECB Executive Board released in Frankfurt the design of a new €10 note of the Europa series due for circulation on 23 Sep. Like the 1st note of the 2nd euro series, the new one will have upgraded security features including a watermark and stripe kinegram with goddess Europa, relief stripes along the note edges, denom digits in OVI, and special coating to prolong service life in... Read more
Another Banknote for Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee
The Guernsey Government celebrated the 60th jubilee of the accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with a commemorative banknote worth 20 Guernsey pounds. The note features the prefix "QE60", a laurel wreath image and a corresponding inscription. It's planned to print about 150,000 commemorative notes for parallel circulation with regular notes. Collectors are offered to purchase the commemorative notes via the Guernsey Philatelic Bureau. The note was designed and produced by De La Rue... Read more
New Canadian $50 in "Currency Circulation Changes" Section
26 March 2012, a new polymer Canadian $50 note was issued. You can see the description of its security features in the corresponding eCatalog... Read more